Ford Street, Scrapyard Fire (2011)

A huge fire broke out in the former Shepherds scrap yard on Byker Bank and Albion Row in Byker at around 12-30 this afternoon.

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19th May 2011

Within the first 30 minutes.

Taken some time later around 2 o'clock.

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Footage from the Northumbria Police helicopter.

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Footage from Ford Street.

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More information:

• BBC: Byker scrapyard fire in pictures
• BBC News: Newcastle scrapyard fire prompts evacuations

See my other photos around Byker:

• Ouseburn (2005 to 2012)
• Ouseburn (2014 to 2018)
• Ouseburn (2020 to 2023)
• Ouseburn (2024 onwards)
• Ouseburn Barrage
• Ouseburn Farm
• Ouseburn Schools & Ballast Hills Burial Ground
• Ouseburn Street Art & Graffiti
• Ouseburn, Hume Street, Ouseburn Quays (Construction)
• Ouseburn, Ouse Street, Lower Steenberg’s Yard (Construction)
• Ouseburn, Ouse Street, Lower Steenberg’s Yard, Toffee Factory
• Ouseburn, The Malings (Construction)
• Ouseburn, The Victoria Tunnel